Unleashed

On today’s show, one Unleasher’s weight has moved somewhere completely new, and she no longer recognises her own body.

Cath and Dr Ginni take on the myth that won’t die: can your underwire bra give you breast cancer? Then Cath brings a burning question about her own body: two skin tags, one very honest teenage son and whether she can just snip them off herself. Spoiler, no she can't.

Plus quick ones on thinning hair, why two glasses of wine now feels like a hangover and stiff joints in the morning. And the Dr’s orders, exactly what to say to your GP about weight, skin tags and thinning hair.

Got a burning question? Email us at [email protected] or leave us a voice note here and let us know if you'd like us to re-voice. We take your anonymity seriously! You can also DM us on instagram @unleashed.show

Information discussed on Unleashed is for educational purposes only and is not intended to provide professional medical advice. Listeners should seek their own medical advice, specific to their circumstances, from their treating doctor or health care professional.

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Hosts Dr Ginni Mansberg & Cath Mahoney
Executive Producer Grace Rouvray
Audio Editor Scott Stronach
Social Media Producer Annaliese Todd

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Sally has a stack of new boundaries she hasn’t said out loud yet, and she wants a second opinion on whether they make her the villain. Annaliese filmed a date for TikTok, and the man showed up in toe shoes. The twist: he’d also arranged to meet her friend at the same bar, at the same time.

Ginni weighs in on whether expired makeup will actually hurt you (with a very unscientific lipstick hack) and admits she has no boundaries when it comes to her dog’s tongue. And a listener who quit as class parent rep and now has parents begging her back. The hosts’ solution involves retirees.

In your ears today: Ginni Mansberg, Sally Hepworth and Annaliese Todd, filling in for Cath Mahoney.

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Welcome to Burning Questions. 

If you grew up with Dolly Doctor, this show is for you. No question is too embarrassing, too niche or too weird. On this brand new show, Cath Mahoney asks the health questions you’ve sent us and Dr Ginni Mansberg answers them. 

On today's show, one Unleasher is surviving on three or four broken hours a night and is desperate for answers.

Cath puts TikTok’s favourite peri fix, turmeric, to the test. She also asks the question we’re all asking with a glass in hand: is the nightly red helping you nod off, or is it the reason you’re awake at 3am?

Plus quick ones on metabolism in your 50s, your pelvic floor and vaginal dryness. And the Dr’s orders, exactly what to say to your GP about your sleep.

Got a burning question? Email us at [email protected] or leave us a voice note here and let us know if you'd like us to re-voice. We take your anonymity seriously! You can also DM us on instagram @unleashed.show

Information discussed on Unleashed is for educational purposes only and is not intended to provide professional medical advice. Listeners should seek their own medical advice, specific to their circumstances, from their treating doctor or health care professional.

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Hosts Dr Ginni Mansberg & Cath Mahoney
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Audio Editor Scott Stronach
Social Media Producer Annaliese Todd

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Bruna tried very hard to be zen about being stuck in Hawaii even though it took 55 hours and two cancelled flights to get home. Cath walked out of a Pilates class halfway through, in front of everyone, in a t-shirt that looked like she’d dressed out of a bin. Ginni swapped the hardest day of an Italian hike for a ferry packed with 500,000 of her closest friends, and we all learned what a crampon is. (Not a hiking tampon.)

Plus, the Substack that told Gen X women they were sold a myth. And a listener whose daughter came home to find her bed replaced with a Pilates reformer.

In your ears today: Ginni Mansberg, Bruna Papandrea and Cath Mahoney.

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Sally was unprepared for an overseas mishap as a single parent. Annaliese steps in for Cath and shares how she’s entered the era of “having a fall” rather than simply falling over. Mary gave a friend some tough love, and it paid off, but it’s a risky move to pull.

Plus, the extremely unscientific reasons we’re all getting injured in our sleep after 40 (Ginni was sorely needed for this one… or perhaps Dr Bruna Papandrea). And a listener whose sister left her out of the bridal party. The hosts’ advice? It involves a white dress.

In your ears today: Mary Coustas, Sally Hepworth and Annaliese Todd, filling in for Cath Mahoney.

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Executive Producer Grace Rouvray
Senior Producer and Audio Editor Tina Matolov
Social Media Producer Annaliese Todd

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Cath flew one-way across the country to meet a man she had already married in her head, and he cried instead of consummating. Bruna discovered she had been paying someones phone bill for two and a half years, to the tune of five grand. Mary's mum stormed a bank teller into a discount and came back with the hair to prove it. And Cath slid into a 24-year-old's DMs, purely, she swears, for the history content. Plus: the skin check Bruna avoided for years, the mentoring session that ended one woman's acting dreams, and the Unleasher wondering if 40 is too old to start again.

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In your ears today: Bruna Papandrea, Mary Coustas and Cath Mahoney.

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Grace went in for a friendly hello hug and came out with a handful she didn't ask for. Ginni got pulled up by immigration over a joke about cathedrals and thought her holiday was over. Grace also wants to outsource half her husband and most of her son, starting with his ears. And Cath got the best test results of her life and somehow felt worse than ever.

Plus: the party guest who needed an ambulance, the neighbours whose sex life runs like clockwork, and the Unleasher who paid nearly a thousand dollars to be ghosted by a dating agency.

And a HUGE thank you to everyone who attended The Spring Fling AKA Cath's formal. We share a little BTS audio as to what went down on the night. 

In your ears today: Mary Coustas, Grace Lam, Ginni Mansberg and Cath Mahoney.

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Executive Producer Grace Rouvray
Senior Audio and Video Producer Tina Matolov
Social Media Producer Annaliese Todd

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Author and skincare founder Zoë Foster Blake joins this week’s Unleashed and she’s bringing her new book, Group Chat, to the couch.

Mary hired a nude dancer for a hen’s night, only for one very religious relative to become an extremely enthusiastic audience member. Bruna kept a cast fed, entertained and sane through COVID quarantine, right down to a request for a pet goanna. And Cath’s mum gave her one sentence when she was five that she’s lived by ever since.

Plus, Zoë shares the travel rule she swears by, there's a girls trip thrown into chaos by one unexpected guest, and a group chat member who is about to get called out.

It’s classic Unleashed full of life "advice" and the stories you can only tell your group chat.

In your ears today: Mary Coustas, Bruna Papandrea, Cath Mahoney and guest Zoë Foster-Blake.

You can buy Zoe's book Group Chat here. 

Check out our Unleashed music playlist for some feel good throwbacks!

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Executive Producer Grace Rouvray
Senior Producer and Audio Editor Tina Matolov
Social Media Producer Annaliese Todd

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We're bringing you a special divorce episode because we know so many of you are either in the messy middle of it, or have come out the other side and found some unexpected freedom (aka the silver linings amongst the heartbreak).

First up, the Unleashed hosts have done the research and found some of the wildest ex stories to prove that, whatever your ex has done, yours might not be the worst. There’s a tampon “found on the street”, a cheater who sent a Brené Brown video as an apology, and a man who took out an AVO against his own five-foot-five ex after she caught him cheating.

Sally, Ginni and Cath are the divorcees of the group, and they’re joined by Mamamia host Annaliese Todd to share their hard-earned wisdom in a very non-advice advice episode.

Ginni hired an actual dating coach and became a self-described dating maniac. Annaliese ditched her married name the second she saw it on a restaurant reservation card. And Cath wrote a memoir called Currently Between Husbands because, at the time, she didn’t know a single other divorced woman.

Because sometimes the best divorce advice is simply hearing someone else say: yep, me too.

This special episode is made possible by our friends at HBO Max. War is the hot new HBO original series on the divorce of the century streaming now only on HBO Max.

In your ears today: Ginni Mansberg, Annaliese Todd, Cath Mahoney and a special voice note from Sally Hepworth.

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Social Media Producer Annaliese Todd

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Georgie tried to text her electrician a compliment and accidentally threatened him with legal action instead. Grace's ceiling caved in and dumped half a rooftop pool into her bedroom. Ginni is fairly convinced she drowned in a past life Plus: the eight-point list of things that annoy the Unleashed hosts. And Grace gives a "how to say no" masterclass that solves absolutely nothing.

In your ears today: Georgie Page, Grace Lam, Ginni Mansberg, Cath Mahoney. Plus a little voice note from Sally Hepworth.

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